Rakshit (surname)

Rakshit
Origin
Word/name	Bengali Hindu
Region of origin	Bengal

Rakshit (Bengali: রক্ষিত) is a native Bengali surname that is mainly used by the Bengali Maulika Kayastha and Baidya castes of Bengal.^[1]^[2] It is also found among some others Bengali castes such as Baishya Kapali, Barujibi, Tanti, Tambulibanik and Teli/Tili(caste).^[3]

Notable people with the surname

Haimanti Rakshit Das, Bangladeshi singer
Mihir Rakshit, Indian economist
Reba Rakshit, Indian bodybuilder
Tushar Rakshit, Indian footballer
Utsav Rakshit, Singaporean cricketer

References

^ Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems. Thacker, Spink. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
^ Bala, Hiralal. "Kayastha". Banglapedia. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
^ Bhaumika, Khagendra Nātha (1982). Padabīra utpatti o kramabikāśera itihāsa (in Bengali). Mitraloka. pp. Division C 12, 20.

[1] Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems. Thacker, Spink. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

[2] Bala, Hiralal. "Kayastha". Banglapedia. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

[3] Bhaumika, Khagendra Nātha (1982). Padabīra utpatti o kramabikāśera itihāsa (in Bengali). Mitraloka. pp. Division C 12, 20.

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